But when Erin arrived to help her friend, she got there only minutes before the police who came to break up the party. Officers arrested 12 teens and gave out court summons to 15 others, including Erin, according to the Boston Herald.

“But I wasn’t drinking,” Erin told the Herald. “And I felt like going to get her [Erin's friend] was the right thing to do. Saving her from getting in the car when she was intoxicated and hurt herself or getting in the car with someone else who was drinking. I’d give her a ride home.”

By all accounts Erin did the right thing and potentially saved a life that night, but because she received the court summons, her Massachusetts school stripped away her title as captain of the volleyball team and suspended her for five games mid-season.

It didn't help that Erin had a signed letter from an officer on the scene who confirmed she was sober, according to the Herald.

Erin's mother Eleanor stands by her daughter's decision and took the case to court to have the punishment reversed, but that went nowhere.

In court on Friday, a representative from North Andover High School said that once authorities became involved, the school had no choice but to punish everyone involved to send a message about the consequences of underage drinking, the Herald reports.

So now Erin is serving a sentence she doesn't deserve while the officials at her high school potentially discourage teens from serving as designated drivers.

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